Comments on: Albert Pujols, Occupy Wall Street, and the Buffett Rulehttp://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/
Academic insights for the thinking world.Sun, 02 Aug 2015 17:13:11 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.2By: OUPblog » Blog Archive » The growth of the Giving Pledge and the federal estate taxhttp://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-274073
Mon, 07 May 2012 12:30:18 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-274073[…] taking the Giving Pledge, wealthy individuals publicly commit to contribute “the majority of their wealth to philanthropy.” The Pledge was […]
]]>By: Edward Zelinsky on “Albert Pujols, Occupy Wall Street, and the Buffett Rule” | Top US News Todayhttp://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246286
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:55:19 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246286[…] tax law expert at Cardozo Law School and author of The Origins of the Ownership Society, has a thoughtful and provocative Oxford University Press piece on Albert Pujols and his 10-year, $254 million contract. Zelinsky argues that Pujols indeed […]
]]>By: Pfizzyhttp://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246263
Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:41:48 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246263Me. The surtax is not the overpaid CEO’s tax, though. Warren Buffett is not overpaid in my opinion. He is undertaxed. So are most big three major athletes.
]]>By: Jason W.http://blog.oup.com/2012/01/pujols/#comment-246158
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:03:45 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-246158I’m confused. Is someone actually arguing the contrary? Who has lumped Pujols with overpaid CEOs?
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Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:01:41 +0000http://blog.oup.com/?p=20481#comment-245988I think you miss one major facet of the Buffet surtax. It is that those who are millionaires would not be there if not for the support of the government and people of this country. Sports stars in particular could not be as successful in other countries as they are in this one. He deserves to pay the surtax.
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